MiKTeX 21.6

MiKTeX 21.6 has been released on June 7, 2021.

Breaking changes

Non-secure package repository URLs (schemes ftp and http) are deprecated. The package repository picker (<Random package repository on the Internet>) always chooses a secure URL (scheme https).

Upgraded programs

• luatex 1.14.0
• metapost 2.01

Fixed issues

• 754: search path of automatic format creation
• 762: output of lfs.dir in luatex
• 765: MiKTeX 21.3 / pdflatex crashes sometimes after compiling LaTeX documents
• 768: kpsewhich with option --all
• 780: [MikTeX Portable] Can't remove local texmf directory
• 785: Create all auxiliary files in the directory specified by -aux-directory without ever writing in the source directory
• 825: wrong search path for lua files with lualatex-dev
• 833: Package downloader chooses insecure random mirrors